Most major news sources (including AOL) are still talking about Obama's announcement yesterday that he wants to cut the deficit in half, which means today's news was pretty slow.But there was a lot of chatter amongst from the nation's Governors. Kansas Governor Sebelius, for instance, made some news ...
The AP is reporting that disgraced former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer has a brand new gig: On Wednesday evening, the online magazine Slate quietly posted Spitzer's first column, headlined "Too Big Not To Fail." It argued against costly economic government bailouts to huge financial institutions. Jacob ...
The New York Daily New reports that Ashley Dupre, the prostitute made famous by the Eliot Spitzer scandal, will give her first television interview to ABC's Diane Sawyer. The interview will air Friday. According to sources cited by the Daily News, the interview will not focus on the Spitzer scandal, ...
If you were wondering, red meat like this is why governor Bobby Jindal is rising to the top of conservatives list as someone to watch. From Red State. On the heels of today's SCOTUS decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana barring the death penalty for sex offenders, Gov. Bobby Jindal released a statement ...
Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell has the audacity to hope: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped by our offices in New York this week. Republicans face potential electoral disaster this fall, but he says a few issues could turn out to be lifesavers. Case in point: Gas prices, at more ...
When all else fails, hire someone to take out a kneecap. From Jake Tapper: l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight. The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary ...
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It wasn't at all surprising to me that there is a sophisticated volunteer organization dedicated to drafting Al Gore for the Democratic presidential nomination. And it is sophisticated, according to the website: they have 2354 volunteers and 271 groups. And with the continuing reluctance to whole ...
Since his election as Montana's Governor in 2004, Brian Schweitzer has been a poster boy for the Western Democratic movement -- supposedly a new breed of Democrats, more comfortable in Wranglers and Carhartt jackets than three piece suits. For a while, it looked like Schweitzer's popularity in his ...
Whoa, folks. This is a political blog. And it is Election Day in a few states. Dave already talked about three races to watch. But he missed a few key ones -- especially ones that will determine strategies for 2008. In Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, and a handful of other places, statewide races, ...



